Monuments Sight Seeing Attractions El Alamein

Monuments Sight Seeing Attractions El Alamein Famed for the decisive victory of the Allies over the Axis forces in the WWII North Africa campaign, El-Alamein is located half-way between Alexandria and Marsa Matrouh on the Egyptian North Coast.

Today, it is home to war memorials, the British Memorial, the German Memorial and the Italian Memorial, as well as cemeteries, and landmarks reminiscent of this important part of the town’s history all about Monuments Sightseeing Attractions El Alamein.

Monuments Sight Seeing Attractions El Alamein

What’s not to forget is that El-Alamein was also once described by Churchill himself as having the best climate in the world! It has thus normally become the favorite sun and sand upscale destination of Egyptian tourists on the White Med, and foreigners are following the trend and invading the upscale resorts that are growing like mushrooms on this stretch of coastal paradise. The temperature in the summer months ranges between 22 and 30°C while the winter average is 17°C.

In Monuments Sight Seeing Attractions El Alamein-Roman times, El-Alamein was known as “Locassis”, which means the white shell; it has been so named because of its beautiful white sandy beaches. Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was worshipped there. Today, you can bask in total luxury on the sandy white beaches of El-Alamein .

Monuments Sight Seeing Attractions El Alamein

Frequent charter flights operate from main European cities to the fairly newly built El-Alamein International Airport.

Monuments Sight Seeing Attractions El Alamein itinerary

A three day tour of the battlefield with camping on the edge of the Qattara depression.

An opportunity to discuss the political background, military strategies and human stories of the battle.

Visit German memorial, solemn Teutonic ossuary on a coastal ridge which was captured by the Australians in the fierce fightig that first stopped Rommel’s advance in July

11.45pm

Visit Italian memorial, built by an Italian officer, Dominioni di Sillavengo, who spent 20 years scouring the battlefield for the remains of his comrades, near the site of the German radio intercept unit which was captured along with valuable code books, crippling Rommel’s capacity to listen in on British radio traffic

12.30pm

Lunch at the Italian memorial

1.30pm

Visit Tel el Eissa, strategic position with good views of the battlefield, fought over in July after capture of coastal ridge.

2.00pm

Visit railway cutting and station of Tel el Eissa.

2.30pm

View the Blockhouse which became an international dressing station during a bloody three day attack by the Australians with wounded from both sides being treated by both German and Australian doctors.

3.30pm

Return to coast

4.00pm

Set up camp on Mediterranean coast near German memorial

5.04pm

Sunset, half moon in the sky

6.00pm

Review of battlefield and discussion of the tactical and strategic movements through July to October

7.00pm

Dinner

Overnight in camp

Day 2

Friday: Battlefield features

6.38am

Sunrise

7.00am

Reveille and breakfast

8.00am

Take down tents

9.30am

Departure for the battlefield

10.00am

View Point 29, part of the thrust north on October 25th that kept the Germans busy while Montgomery planned the final breakout.

10.15am

Drive along the Front Line manned by infantry divisions of Australians, Highlanders, New Zealanders and South Africans as far as Mitereiya Ridge.